Improvement in ox-yoke bow



-W. G. BECKWITH.

0x Yoke.

Patented Sept. 28, 1869.

@sind Staten geteldv @Hina W. G. BECKWITH, LOWNDESBOROUGH, ALABAMA.

Letters Patent No. 95,305, dated September 28, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN OX-.YOKE BOW.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the lame.

thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciiication, in which is represented a side elevation of the yoke with the bows in their proper positions.

The natur'e of my invention consists in so constructing the bows that they can be retained or kept in the yoke, and at the sameV -time adjusted to the neck of the oxen. f

To enable others to avail themselves of the benefits of my invention, I will now describe its construction and operation. ,y

' A represents the yoke, which may be made in .all respects in the usual manner.

B B are the bows, the curved portion thereof and their sides being 'formed or constructed in three dif-A ferent parts; or, in other words, let the bows be constructed in the old way, then saw the two sides oijnst above vthe curve or lower portion, as represented in the drawing.

I now hinge one side of the bow to the lower end of one of the sides, as seen at e in the drawing.

The' other side of the bow is provided with a hasp and hook, while the side is furnished with a staple, fully shown lat letter d.

'In order to give additional strength to the bow, I prefer to use a strap of metal, which is firmly secured to the under part of the bow, one end of said strap forming a part of the hinge referred to, while the other end extends beyond the end of the bow to form the hasp.

1 have said that the yoke maybe constructed in the usual way, butto more perfectly carry out the object of my invention, I provide slightly-inclinedA slots or grooves on one side of each hole, and whenthe bowsV are properly adjusted in their places, the wedges'g g-A are driven in these slots, which will ei'eotually prevent the'bows from coming out. y

Thus it will beeen that it willfonly be necessary, in adjusting the yoke to the neck of the' oxen, to swing the lower part of the bows open, which, when properly placed, canv be closed and securely lockedorbolted.

The advantages -of this Inode of constructing oxyoke bows are so apparent that they need not be enumerated.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patf ent, isg The bows B B, so constructed that their lower portion will swing open, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

In testimony that Ivclam theforegong as my own,

I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

` W. G. BECKWITH.

Witnesses:

R. R. HARRIS, THOMAS HARRIsoN. 

